Catholic Church in Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Also known as: Bangladesch (Deutsch), le Bangladesh (français), Bangladesh (español, Italiano, Português), Bangladesz (polski), 孟加拉 (正體中文), バングラデシュ (日本語), Bangladesha (latine)

By Type (9)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (2)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (7)

By Rite

Roman Rite (9): Barishal, Chattogram, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Sylhet

by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: Bangladesh

Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (C.B.C.B.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

2017.11.30 – 2017.12.02: Apostolic Journey to Bangladesh
1986.11.19: Apostolic Journey to Bangladesh
1970.11.27: Apostolic Journey to East Pakistan

Geography

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Dhaka

Area: 130,170 km²

Population: 157,826,578

Former Name: East Pakistan, East Bengal, Eastern Bengal and Assam

Neighbouring Countries: ← India , ↖ Nepal , → Myanmar

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian)

Languages: Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2%

Ethnic Groups: Bengali at least 98%, ethnic groups 1.1%

Motto: Nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy (English)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 143,998 km²

Catholic Population: 433,000 Catholics (0.3% of 172,920,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 138 parishes, 29 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 28 without resident priest), 134 other centres

Clergy: 12 bishops (8 diocesan, 4 titular), 411 priests (246 diocesan, 165 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,211 religious (166 brothers, 1,045 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 153 major seminarians, 952 missionaries, 815 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists